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2 weeks ago | 
wilmerhale.com | Hartmut Schneider |Leon Greenfield |Alvaro Alonso |Álvaro Alonso |Sarah E. Pugh
The Antitrust team at WilmerHale is excited to continue The Quick Look, a series of 30-minute webinars offering interdisciplinary insights to help clients stay up to speed on key antitrust issues in 2025 and beyond. Our seventh webinar will cover US merger enforcement updates and trends. This program will feature WilmerHale Partners Hartmut Schneider and Lee Greenfield with Counsel Álvaro Mateo Alonso and Sarah Pugh.
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2 months ago | 
mondaq.com | Jennifer Milici |Leon Greenfield |Perry Lange |Sarah E. Pugh
Since their release, the federal antitrust agencies' 2023Merger Guidelines (2023 Guidelines) have faced significantcriticism from many.1 There was speculation that theFederal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ)under the new Trump Administration would revoke or significantlyrevise the 2023 Guidelines.
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2 months ago | 
concurrences.com | Thomas Mueller |Sarah J Pugh |Leon Greenfield |Hartmut Schneider
WilmerHale (Washington) Counsel Gannam Rifkah is a counsel at Wilmer Hale, based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office. He focuses on antitrust and competition counseling, investigations and litigation. His experience includes representing a global biopharmaceutical company obtain merger clearance with the FTC, which included the divestiture of certain assets.
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2 months ago | 
concurrences.com | Thomas Mueller |Hartmut Schneider |Leon Greenfield |James Lowe
Thomas Mueller is a partner at WilmerHale, based in the firm’s Washington D.C. office. He joined the firm in 1992. Mr. Mueller’s antitrust practice focuses on global cartel enforcement matters, as well as merger and other investigations with transatlantic implications.
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2 months ago | 
concurrences.com | Thomas Mueller |Leon Greenfield |James Moore |Nana Wilberforce
John O’Toole is a counsel at WilmerHale, based in the firm’s Washington DC office. He represents and advises clients on a variety of antitrust matters, including criminal cartel investigations, civil litigation, and mergers and acquisitions. He has experience across a range of industries, including technology, financial services, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals and consumer products. He previously worked as an associate at Axinn.
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2 months ago | 
jdsupra.com | Esperanza Gilbert |Leon Greenfield |Perry Lange
Since their release, the federal antitrust agencies’ 2023 Merger Guidelines (2023 Guidelines) have faced significant criticism from many.1 There was speculation that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) under the new Trump Administration would revoke or significantly revise the 2023 Guidelines.
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2 months ago | 
lexology.com | Hartmut Schneider |Jennifer Milici |Leon Greenfield |Perry Lange |Sarah E. Pugh |Jonathan Wright | +1 more
Since their release, the federal antitrust agencies’ 2023 Merger Guidelines (2023 Guidelines) have faced significant criticism from many.1 There was speculation that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) under the new Trump Administration would revoke or significantly revise the 2023 Guidelines.
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2 months ago | 
wilmerhale.com | Hartmut Schneider |Jennifer Milici |Leon Greenfield |Perry Lange |Sarah E. Pugh |Jonathan Wright | +1 more
Since their release, the federal antitrust agencies’ 2023 Merger Guidelines (2023 Guidelines) have faced significant criticism from many.1 There was speculation that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) under the new Trump Administration would revoke or significantly revise the 2023 Guidelines.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
mondaq.com | Leon Greenfield |Hartmut Schneider |Lauren Ige |Sarah E. Pugh
On January 10, 2025, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)announced adjusted thresholds for merger notifications under theHart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. Effective 30 days after the officialpublication date of the adjusted thresholds in the FederalRegister, the lowest size-of-transaction filing threshold(also known as the “$50 million threshold”) willincrease from the current $119.5 million to $126.4 million.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Alvaro Alonso |Álvaro Alonso |Carla Gilbertson |Leon Greenfield
For the first time in over 45 years, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) adopted on October 10, 2024, extensive changes to the notification form for acquisitions subject to Hart-Scott-Rodino Act (HSR) review. The new form requires less information than the FTC’s sweeping 2023 proposal. Nevertheless, it will fundamentally change the way in which transactions are reported in the United States and materially increase the burden of preparing HSR filings.
